Email from Sen. Coleman

[Push_Fold]

Got this email today from my senator. Thought it was of some value.



Thank you for taking the time to contact me with your opposition to Internet gambling legislation .



On September 30, 2006, both the House and Senate passed port security legislation that included a provision that would prohibit payments made to Internet gambling site operators through financial services companies. It would also update current law to take into account the use of the Internet for gambling purposes. Finally, the provision would authorize additional funds for law enforcement. It is important to note that this legislation does not make Internet gambling illegal but rather allows enforcement of laws currently in place.



I had serious reservations about including an Internet gambling ban in port security legislation. However, once the internet gambling provision had been added to the conference report, I supported the overall bill because port security was too important to jeopardize. The President signed this measure into law on October 13, 2006.



Thank you once again for contacting me. If I can be of further assistance to you in the future, please do not hesitate to contact me again.





Sincerely,
Norm Coleman
United States Senate

[webmonarch]

His reservations are probably about the process of adding unrealted legislation to a bill, as opposed to the merits of the added provision itself.

[WLC4Ever]

Or that money to name a highway after him wasn't tacked on as well...

[Utah]

Coleman is a good guy. I have met him several times. I wrote him too but I haven't heard back from him yet. I am sure I will get the same letter. At least he didn't spout off about the evils of gambling.

[va1halla]

I sent him a letter back in June, and just got a letter that said he would consider my thoughts on this issue if it came up in the senate. Typical response from a politician that didn't tell me if he was for or against online poker.
Would have posted letter I recieved, but I reformatted my computer a few weeks ago and I didn't save it.

[subwayslider]

I got the exact same letter too. Let me add that I follow politics closely, and that Senator Coleman is a horrible public servant, and a horrible person. He is a man without principals, and will only do what he thinks will get him elected again. Example: Coleman lead the push in Minnesota to call John Kerry a "flip-flopper", even though Coleman had flip-flopped from being a democrat to a republican! Now he almost always votes with the republicans. Let's hope this A-hole loses in the next election.

[2461Badugi]

I'm sure if you wrote in favor of the ban, you'd get a different response.

Normy's as good at talking out both sides of his mouth as anybody. Well, maybe not good, but he gets a lot of practice.

[JoseGonzlez]

Yeah i dont think anything he wrote would preclude him from spouting off about the "evils" of i. gambling if you wrote a negative letter. It does seem like a way to say he supports your position even if he does not.